Biological responses to stressors and the role of personality

Life Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 2527-2531

  Roberti, Jonathan W ^a  

^a NEW COLLEGE OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Neuroendocrine; Sensation seeking; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE;

COPING BEHAVIOR; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

EID: 0041878462     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00610-6     Document Type: Review

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